Friday, July 20, 2012

Five Minute Friday: Enough.

It's Friday. It's another five minutes of free writing with Lisa-Jo Baker.

Enough.

Enough is either me having more than I want or not as much as I want.

The laundry is piled miles high, mud is tracked over my clean floor, the dog is puking, the phone is ringing, the boys are fighting, the supper is burning. I am out of Diet Coke and my body is tired. I feel my blood pressure rise beginning with the warmth from my toes up and like a pressure cooker I blow- "I've had enough" they've heard it before and they are not impressed.

Enough- more than I want.

I'm snuggling that precious child, planting kisses all over their face, neck and of course, the piggies. I hold my man in the midst of life's hard. I drink in the smell and the comfort of gift from God and I think, and tell them, I can't get enough of you.

Enough- not as much as I want.

I don't know what my Enough really is- probably won't recognize if it hit me in the face because life is full of more than's and not as much as and I'm not a good judge of it because I'm full of sin and selfishness.

So I'm glad that God knew exactly what was Enough- and one day, His Enough will be Enough for all of us.

My family

5 +

I'm Robin- I'm a simple girl from Tennessee who loves Jesus. I'm blessed to be a wife, mom, grandmother and a Marketing professional --- juggling it all and writing about it here.

I married the love of my life in 1986. Rex is my rock and my friend and I can't imagine doing this life without him.

1+1=2

We dreamed of a big family (wanted 12) but God had a different plan. Struggling with infertility, we became foster parents in hopes of adopting. It was our plan, not God's and we said never again. After 8 years of infertility Shayne was conceived. And God showed us that He gives us good gifts, more than we asked for and better than we could ever have imagined.

2+1=3

We still had a void in our hearts. So in obedience, doing it God's way this time we opened our hearts and home to foster parenting. We have had a few children come and go- none without leaving an imprint on our lives forever. Nothing could have prepared us for meeting our youngest sons in the ER parking lot on 10/23/06, with no idea how our lives would forever be changed. With their adoptions finally legal on November 21, 2009 we became five.

3+2=5

And that was the beginning- Emily and Kendall came into our lives and family in 2014 , and we grew by one more when sweet Penelope was born.

5+3=8

Sometimes we let our crazy hang out. Always, we love loud. Different than what I imagined as a little girl but I wouldn't have it any other way.